Nothing to sneeze at

Two Salinas girls are finalists in national tissue-box design contest

6:12 AM,
Jan. 10, 2014

Jeanette Jimenez

Written by

Roberto M. Robledo
rrobledo@thecalifornian.com

Two Salinas girls are among 14 finalists in a national tissue-box design contest.

If they are chosen as two of three winners, their victories will pump up to $30,000 into the local Children's Miracle Network.

Liliana Cervantes, 9, and Jeanette Jimenez, 12, were chosen from more than 250 entries received by White Cloud, a paper products company sponsoring the event. Both girls picked in the Pacific Region previously visited Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital's Pediatrics Center, according to Karin Rusk, spokeswoman for SVMH. Liliana underwent some testing, said her mother, Nancy. ...